sharON

Incre­asing mobi­li­ty is one of the main chal­len­ges that both metro­po­li­ses and smal­ler cities have been facing for years in order to beco­me susta­ina­ble, com­pe­ti­ti­ve pla­ces for the­ir citi­zens to live. Many Polish cities can­not cope with incre­asing car traf­fic, inef­fi­cient public trans­port and the effects of poor urban plan­ning. The effects of the­se pro­blems are felt in the form of smog, hours spent in traf­fic jams and seen in the infa­mo­us sta­ti­stics of road accidents.

A chan­ce for impro­ve­ment of this situ­ation experts see in the deve­lop­ment of new tech­no­lo­gies, busi­ness models and eco­no­mic and urban trends asso­cia­ted with the con­cept of smart city. We are alre­ady seeing a gro­wing pre­sen­ce of alter­na­ti­ve trans­por­ta­tion models based on mobi­le appli­ca­tions on the stre­ets of our cities. Howe­ver, in order to take full advan­ta­ge of smart city oppor­tu­ni­ties, cities must make an effort to cre­ate intel­li­gent trans­por­ta­tion sys­tems that make trans­por­ta­tion safe, fast, che­ap, and envi­ron­men­tal­ly sound. Are our local govern­ments, busi­nesses, inc­lu­ding the star­tup eco­sys­tem ready for this? We would like to discuss this pro­blem with you on Octo­ber 29th in DELab UW!

The result of ourmeeting, we will start wor­king on recom­men­da­tions regar­ding the deve­lop­ment of mobi­li­ty issu­es in Polish cities. We will pre­sent the­se recom­men­da­tions to repre­sen­ta­ti­ves of War­saw autho­ri­ties and the cen­tral govern­ment during the next deba­te at the end of November.

We would like to invi­te to the meeting both entre­pre­neurs from indu­stries rela­ted to the con­cept of smart city and sha­ring eco­no­my busi­ness models as well as citi­zens inte­re­sted in the deve­lop­ment of our city.